Package tie



Jan. 18 1927. 1,614,690

J.S.PULUAM PACKAGE Tin Filed Oct. 26. 1925 dwf lll

Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

:UNITED STATES PATENT DFFICE.

PICXA'GE TIE.

Application led :October `26, il. Serial No..f4;841.

This invention relates to certain :new and useful improvements in package ties, and the primary object thereof is to provide a tie .which fulfills the requirements .of being economical in manufacture, durable, efficient in operation and capable of being easily 4and speedily applied to and removed from the package.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel anchoring means for the device, which means also serves to enable suspension of the ties when not in use.

That the invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the presentA description, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Figure l illust-rates the invention applied to a package of letters;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1, but illustrating the parts prior to drawing the cord taut, and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the tie.

Like characters of reference denote corres onding parts throughout the figures.

n proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a cord or string 1 is employed and which may be of any desired or necessary length. A metal ring 2 preferably of wire is attached to one end of theV cord and performs a dual function as will be later set forth.

A disk 3 formed of metal, ibroid, or other suitable material is employed and provided with a pair of diametrlcally op osed openings 4, the cord l being passed t rough one opening from one face of the disk, then across the space between the openings on the other face of the disk, and then through the other opening to project on the first named face of the disk. In order to hold the disk at a relatively fixed point along the length of the string, the latter is knotted at 5, 5 on opposite sides of and adjacent to the disk periphery to provide abutments. These abutments are of greater size than the openings 4, and upon engaging the side face of the disk to prevent the latter from having other than a limited movement along the length of the string. By disposing the knots to lie beyond the periphery of the disk 3, it will be noted that the disk can lie fiat against the cord and also against the package, when the cord is drawn taut.

In operation, the ring 2 and the adjacent part of the cord are disposed, as depicted in Figure 2 of the drawings, approximately in the middle of the package Yor bundle,;a'nd the cord is Ythen ,passed transversely (around the bundle so ,as .to dispose the disk 3 in the yposition shown in 'Figures l vand 2 -.of the dra-wings, wherein the disk occupies a position approximately central of ythe .width and length of the package. The cord .is then looped around the disk 3, and further engaged lengthwise about the ackage and has its free end portion 8 looped around the disk 3. From the foregoing it will be observed that the ring 2 provides a frictional anchor on one end of the cord, in the performance of which function the end 9 of the cord where connected to the ring 2, provides a projection which assists the rinor 2 in performing its anchoring function. W en the parts of the cord which en age transversely about the package are rawn taut, it will be noticed that the letters will be drawn against the ring 2 and projection 9 so that such parts will more efficiently perform their anchoring function.

The invention thus provides a simple, inexpensive, and efficient tie which can be speedily manipulated as is believed to be apparent.

The ring 2 also performs in a dual man ner, since when not in use same may be hung upon a nail or other suspension means. In postal use, for which the present invention is particularly designed, it will be apparent that a large number of the ties are kept on hand, and the convenient suspenv sion of a number thereof on the same page or other suspension means, not only maintains the cords straight but also ready for quick and convenient use.

It is particularly to be noted that the invention embodies but three parts namely a cord, a metal ring and a perforated disk. No twisted wire or other parts, necessitating complicated or angular bending operations are employed. The cord can moreover be easily and quickly connected to the ring and disk, so as to afford speedy and thereby economical assemblage of the parts. The anchoring ring is located between the sides of the package and hence is concealed so that the only exposed part, in addition to the disk, is the cord. The ring however is made of wire owing to cheapness in construction and is of conventional formation.

The use of an anchor which lies completely within the package, that is, between the top and bottom, the sides, and the ends thereof, and the flexibility of the cord, to which the anchor is connected, enables thel anchor to be located at any point desired within the package. This is of material advantage, since in larger packages ncreased or greater anchorage is necessary, and this may be attained by disposing the anchoring ring further to the right hand side of the package in Figure l.

What I claim is A tie for letter packages including a cord, a combined suspension and anchoring ring on one end of the cord, and a disk having a pair of spaced opposed openings therein, through each of which an intermediate part ot' the cord extends, said cord being knotted at points adjacent and beyond the disk periphery to restrict movement of the disk relative to the cord, said ring being Jformed to be received at substantially the center of the package and the cord being formed to engage transversely about the package so as to compress the package and hold the ring firmly in place, and then loeing capable of being looped around the disk and longitudinally about the package and having its terminal formed to be looped around the disk.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand'and seal this 8th day or' Oe toher, 1925.

JAMES S. PULLIAM- 

